The Lone Star plaque hangs in a bombed-out bunker in Normandy to honor a Texan colonel's heroic actions on D-Day.

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

The last of Philadelphia's wood-paved streets is now a landmark of terrible engineering.

Alexander Hamilton’s creation caused quite a bit of controversy.

The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

Ancient human remains unearthed around the iconic monument.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

A Lovecraftian altar of nightmarish bronze chairs sits ominously on a boardwalk in Puerto Vallarta.

Touching this 18th-century Scottish philosopher’s toe allegedly conjures good fortune.

This little-known Revolutionary War fort is supposedly haunted by the ghosts of its past.

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

The remains of the second-oldest zoo in Europe can be seen within these library gardens.

An Irish Memorial commemorating those who perished due to potato blight.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

Shoot for par over the bodies of the dead on this cemetery-cum-golf course.